Operating device for gongs, &amp;c.



' No. 766,264. PATENTED AUG. 2.1904.

A. G. KENT & G. M. WBGMAN. OPERATING DEVICE FOR GONGS, 6:0.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1903.

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Patented August 2, 1904. i

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR (i. KENT AND GEORGE h I. \VEGMAN, OF ROCIIESTER, NFJV YORK.

OPERATING DEVICE FOR GONGS, &O-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,264, dated August2, 1904.

Application filed April 23, 1903. Serial No. 154,021. (No model.)

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Be it known that we, ARTHUR G. KENT and GEORGE M. \VEGMAN, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Rochester, in the county of Monroeand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Operating Devicefor Gongs, SandingApparatus, &c., of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichshow our invention as applied to the operation of a street-car gong,only such portions of the gong and accompanying mechanism and supportsbeing shown as are necessary to illustrate our invention.

The object of our invention is to overcome many of the ditlicultiesattendant upon the usual construction and method of support of theoperating push-bolt or punch for cargongs, sanding mechanisms,&c. ,someof which we will enumerate. Heretofore the pushbolt or punch for suchpurposes has usually been formed with a head on its upper end of such aconformation that it would either catch upon objects, such as articlesof clothing, and tear them or be removed from its place by them. Theusual push-bolt has frequently operated to trip up a person strikingagainst it with the foot. These ditiiculties we have sought to overcomeby the construction and arrangement shown in the accompanying drawings.

()nr invention presupposes a lever or other equivalent device which whenoperated by .our punch or push-bolt either strikes the gong or actuatesthe other desired mechanism,either directly or indirectly, according tocircumstances.

The accompanying drawings illustrating our invention are as follows:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the supporting mechanism to ouroperating push-bolt or punch, such punch or push-bolt being shown inelevation. Fig. 1 shows also in vertical longitudinal section thesupporting-bracket for a gong when actuated by our operating punch orpush-bolt. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the floor-plate g/ of Fig. 1 andwith the webs 1' of the push-bolt or punch projecting therethrough. Fig.3 is a perspective view of the push-bolt removed. Fig. etshows partiallyin vertical section and partially in elevation a modified form of ourpush-bolt or punch and with the floor-plate g also shown in verticalsection.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, a is an iron baseplate secured to the underside of the floor Z of the car and to which is secured in the usualmanner the gong l). The striking-lever e is pivot-ed in the usual way toprojections (I, carried by this plate (I. The lower end of this lever (1carries the striking knob or ball a. Projecting upward from thebase-plate a. and into a hole in the floor [of the car is seen thesleeve 0, bored out to lit and form a guide for the stem of the bolt orpunchf', the lower end of which rests upon the upper end of the lever ain such a way that the downward motion of such push-bolt or punch fcauses the lever (2 to be so moved that the knob 0 strikes the gong I)in the usual way. Around this sleeve 0 and through the plate (I there isformed a series of holes 11, which are arranged, as seen, within theopening through the floor] of the car, so as to allow the dirt, whichmight otherwise accumulate in such opening, to fall therethrough.

.lnclosing the sleeve 0 and withits lower end resting upon the plate (1is seen the coiled spring s, arranged to engage at its upper end theunder surface of the head of the punch or push-boltfor the under surfaceof the webs 1' formed thereon. The head of our pushbolt may be formedeither as shown in Fig. 3, in two semicircular webs arranged at rightangles, or nearly so, to each other and with their convex surfacesupward, or it may be hemispherically formed and preferably hollow, asshown in Fig. 4. \Vhen webs are used, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,their outer ends are connected by means of a rim it, the upper surfaceof which engages the under side of the floor-plate 1, through whichthere are cut, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2., slots to admit the websv: on the upper end of the push-bolt. The tension of the spring s is soadjusted as to hold the push-bolt in its normal position, but it neednot be sutlicient to materiallyoppose the effort put forth in theoperation of the push-bolt.

As the result of the construction and arrangement just described it willbe seen that the downward motion of the push-bolt ope-rates the gonginthe usual way, that the push-bolt is guided in the sleeve 0, and that itis-held in place by the floor-plate g, that it may be removed only uponthe removal of the floorplate g, which may be screwed to the floor inthe usual way and which, it should also be noted, is integral or in onepiece. be noted that the conformationor the head of the push-bolt orpunch f is suchthat nothing can catch upon it, and any objects strikingit, as the foot of a person in walking by it, will cause it to be forceddownward instead of its operating as a stumbling block. The

base-plate a may be secured tothe under side of the floor Z of the carin the usual way. When the modified form of our push-bolt shown in-Fig.4C is used, it is preferable that the spring 5 be so proportioned as toengage the projecting rim seen at the lower end of the head thereof,engaging-the under side of the floor-plate g.

By forming the under side of the head f of dependent of any contactbetween such bolt' or head thereon and such plate except at one end ofthe travel of such push bolt, such push-bolt removable from suchsupporting and guiding mechanism on the removal of such plate and havingan operating-head thereon extending through such plate and with the topthereof slanting downward and outward to points at all times beneath thesurface of such plate.

2. A mechanism to be operated, a push-bolt having a head thereon foractuating such mechanism, a plate for holding such push-bolt in place,means independent of such plate and of the head on such push-bolt forsupporting and guiding such push-bolt in a fixed pathway independent ofany contact between such bolt orhead thereonand such plate except at oneend of the travel of such push-bolt, such pushbolt removable from suchsupporting and guiding mechanism on the removal of such plate and havingan operating-head thereon extending through such plate and with the topthereof slanting downward and outward in all directions frompracticallythe center thereof to abase-line at all times beneath the surface ofsuch plate.

3. A mechanism to be operated, a push-bolt It will also having a headthereon for actuating such mechanism, a plate for holding such push-boltin place, means independent ofsuch plate and of the head on suchpush-bolt for supporting and guiding such push-bolt in a fixed pathwayindependent of any contact between such bolt or head" thereon and suchplate except at one end of the travel of such push-bolt, suchpushboltremovable from such supporting and guiding mechanism ontheremoval of such plate and" having an operating-head thereon extendingthrough such plate and with the top thereof slanting downward andoutward to points at all timesbeneath the surface of such plate, suchoperating-head concave on its und er side and slanting upward and inwardfrom near its outer and lower periphery to its juncture with the body ofsuch bolt.

4. A mechanism to be operated, a push-bolt having a head thereon foractuating such mechanism, a plate for holding such push-bolt in place,means independent of such plate and of the head o'n such push-bolt forsupporting and guiding such push-bolt in a fixed pathway independent ofany contact between such bolt or head thereon and such plate except atone end of the travel of such push-bolt, such pushbolt removable fromsuch supporting and guiding mechanism on the removal of such 1 plate andhaving an operating-head thereon 5 extending through such plate and withthetop thereof slanting downward and outward in all directions frompractically the center thereof to a base-line at all times beneath thesurface of such plate, such operating-head concave on I its under sideand slanting upward and inward from near its outer and lower peripheryto its juncture with the body of such bolt.

5. A gong-operating lever and a push-bolt havinga head thereon foractuating such lever, IO a plate for holding such push-bolt in place,means independent of such plate and of the head on such push-bolt forsupporting and guiding such push-bolt in a fixed pathway independent ofany contact between such bolt :10 or head thereon and such plate exceptat one endof the travel of such push-bolt, such pushbolt removable fromsuch supporting and guiding mechanism on the removal of such plate andhaving an operating-head thereon I extending through such plate and withthe top thereof slanting downward and outward to points at all timesbeneath the surface of such plate.

6; A gong-operating lever and a push-bolt having a head thereon foractuating such lever,

a plate for holding such push-bolt in place, means independent of suchplate and of the head on such push-bolt for supporting and guiding suchpush-bolt in a fixedpathway in- 5 dependent of any contact between suchbolt or head thereon and such plate except at one end of the travel ofsuch push-bolt, such pushbolt removable from such supporting and guidingmechanism on the removal of such I3 plate and having an operating-headthereon extending through such plate and with the top thereof slantingdownward and outward in all directions from practically the centerthereof to a base-line at all times beneaththe surface of such plate.

'7. A gong-operating lever and a push-bolt havinga head thereon foractuating such lever, a plate for holding such push-bolt in place,

means independent of such plate and of the.

head on such push-bolt for supporting and guiding such push-bolt in afixed pathway independent of any contact between such bolt or headthereon and such plate except at one end of the travel of suchpush-bolt, such pushbolt removable from such supporting and guidingmechanism on the removal of such plate and having an operating-headthereon extending through such plate and with the top thereof slantingdownward and outward to points at all times beneath the surface of suchplate, such operating-head concave on its under side and slanting upwardand inward from near its outer and lower periphery to its juncture withthe body of such bolt.

8. A gong-operating lever and a push-bolt having a head thereon foractuating such lever, a plate for holding such push-bolt in place, meansindependent of such plate and of the head on such push-bolt forsupporting and guiding such push-bolt in a fixed pathway independent ofany contact between such bolt 01' head thereon and such plate except atone end of the travel of such push-bolt, such pushbolt removable fromsuch supporting and guiding mechanism on the removal of such plate andhaving an operating-head thereon extending through such plate and withthe top thereof slanting downward and outward in all directions frompractically the center thereof to a base-line at all times beneath thesurface of such plate, such operating-head concave on its under side andslanting upward and inward from near its outer and lower periphery toits juncture with the body of such bolt.

9. A mechanism to be operated, a push-bolt having a head thereon foractuatingsuch mechanism, for holding such push-bolt in place a flatplate substantially flush with the base or support therefor, meansindependent of such plate and of the head on such push-bolt forsupporting and guiding such' push-bolt, such push-bolt removable fromsuch supporting and guiding mechanism on the removal of such plate andhaving an operating head thereon extending through such plate and withthe top thereof slanting downward and outward to points at all timesbeneath the surface of such plate.

1.0. A mechanism to be operated, a push-bolt having a head thereon foractuating such mechanism, for holding such push-bolt in place a Hatplate substantially flush with the base or support therefor, meansindependent of such plate and of the head on such push-bolt forsupporting and guiding such push-bolt, such push-bolt removable fromsuch supporting and guiding mechanism on the removal of such plate andhaving an operating head thereon extending through such plate and withthe top thereof slanting downward and outward in all directions frompractically the center thereof to a base-line at all times beneath thesurface of such plate.

11. A mechanism to be operated, a push-bolt having a head thereon foractuating such mechanism, for holding such push-bolt in place a fiatplate substantially flush with the base or support therefor, meansindependent of such plate and of the head on such push-bolt forsupporting and guiding such push-bolt, such push-bolt removable fromsuch supporting and guiding mechanism on the removal of such plate andhaving an operatinghead thereon extending through such plate and withthe top thereof slanting downward and outward to points at all timesbeneath the surface of such plate, such operating-head concave onitsunder side and slanting upward and inward from near its outer and lowerperiphery to its junctureiwith the body of such bolt.

12. A mechanism to be operated, a push-bolt having a head thereon foractuating such mechanism, for holding such push-bolt in place a flatplate substantially flush with the base or support therefor, meansindependent of such plate and of the head on such push-bolt forsupporting and guiding such push-bolt, such push-bolt removable fromsuch supporting and guiding mechanism on the removal of such plate andhaving an operating-head thereon extending through such plate and withthe top thereof slanting downward and outward in all directions frompractically the center thereof to a base-line at all times beneath thesurface of such plate, such operating-head concave on its under side andslanting upward and inward from near its outer and lower periphery toits juncture with the body of such bolt.

13. A gong-operating lever and a push-bolt having a head thereon foractuating such lever, for holding such push-bolt in place a flat platesubstantially flush with the base or sup port therefor, meansindependent of such plate and of the head on such push-bolt forsupporting and guiding such push-bolt, such push-bolt removable fromsuch supporting and guiding mechanism on the removal of such plate andhaving an operating-head thereon extending through such plate and withthe top thereof slanting downward and outward to points at all timesbeneath the surface of such plate.

14. A gong-operating lever and a push-bolt having a head thereon foractuating such lever, for holding such push-bolt in place a flat platesubstantially flush with the base or support therefor, -meansindependent of such plate and of the head on such push-bolt forsupporting and guiding such push-bolt, such push-bolt removable fromsuch supporting and guiding mechanism on the removal of such plate andhaving an operating head thereon extending through such plate and withthe top thereof slanting downward and outward in all directions frompractically the center thereof to a base-line at all times beneath thesurface of such plate.

15. A gong-operating lever and a push-bolt having a head thereon foractuating such lever, for holding such push-bolt in place a flat platesubstantially flush with the base or support therefor, means independentof such plate and of the head on such push-bolt for supporting andguiding such push-bolt, such push-bolt removable from such supportingand guiding mechanism on the removal of such plate and having anoperating-head thereon extending through such plate and with the topthereof slanting downward and outward to points at all times beneath thesurface of such plate, such operating-head concave on its under side andslanting upward and inward from near its outer and lower periphery toits juncture with the body of such bolt.

16. A gong-operating lever and apush-bolt having a head thereon foractuating such lever, for holding such push-bolt in place a fiat platesubstantially flush with the base or sup port therefor, meansindependent of such plate and of the head on such push-bolt forsupporting and guiding such push-bolt, such push-bolt removable fromsuch supporting and guiding mechanism on the removal of such plate andhaving an operating-head thereon extending through such plate and withthe top thereof slanting downward and outward in all directions frompractically the center thereof to a base-line at all times beneath thesurface of such plate, such operating-head concave on its under side andslanting upward and inward from'near its outer and lower periphery toits juncture with the body of such bolt.

ARTHUR G. KENT. GEORGE M. WEGMAN. WVitnesses:

FRED. P. MANSFIELD, A. PEARL MOORE.

